Word Power Session 6 Flashcards
Orthodontia
The straightening of teeth
Orthopedics
Adjective: Orthopedic
The specialty treats deformities, injuries, and diseases of the none sans joints.
Odontos
Tooth
Orthodontist
Adjective: Orthodontic
Specializes in improving your “bite”, retracting “ buck teeth”, and by means of braces and other techniques seeing to it that every tooth is in place.
Cardiologist
Heart doctor
Kardia
Heart
Cardiology
Adjective: Cardiological
Heart specialist
Cardiac
Condition refers to some malfunctioning of the heart
Cardiogram
An electrically produced record of the heartbeat
Cardiograph
An instrument that produces a record of the heart beat
Neuron
Nerve
Neurology
Adjective: Neurological
Specialty of the nervous system
Neuralgia
Is a acute pain along the nerves and this branches
Algos
Pain
Neuritis
Inflammation of the nerves